Fiction: Special Features

Twenty-nine new short stories representing the state of the art in international science fiction. The second annual instalment to the 'rare and w...

Over a century ago, Rilke went to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, where he watched a pair of flamingos. A flock of other birds screeched by, and, ...

From helpful elves to an enchanting Nutcracker, rediscover the German Christmas tales behind our most iconic festive traditions*A Daily Express Boo...

A collection of timeless short stories by Washington Irving, this elegantly designed, jacketed hardcover edition includes his two best-known classi...

One of the greatest translations of all time: Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three volumes. This third volume includes T...

Blind Owl, Sadeq Hedayat's masterpiece, tells the story of a young pen-case painter and his heartbreak. Isolated and alone, he mourns the loss of a...

One of the greatest translations of all time: Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three volumes. This second volume includes ...

Proust's masterpiece is one of the seminal works of the twentieth century, recording its narrator's experiences as he grows up, falls in love and l...

Woven through all these tales are the unique histories and mythologies of the regions of Southern Italy, encompassing Sicily, Calabria, Cantania, B...

This beautifully designed, jacketed hardcover edition of Aesops Fables includes 284 fables with 80 color and black-and-white illustrations by Milo ...

A gritty and thrilling anthology of 28 new short stories in tribute to pulp noir master, Cornell Woolrich, author of ''Rear Window'' that inspired ...

An enchanting selection of Madame dAulnoys seventeenth-century French fairy tales, interpreted by contemporary visual artist Natalie FrankMarie-Cat...

Three subtly connected stories converge in this chimerical debut, each burrowing into a turning point in a persons life: a young woman gives a mela...

It may seem paradoxical to speak of such insights as liberating, or to find in the Underground Mans impassioned rejection of rational humanitariani...

Originally published in 1920, Bliss and Other Stories, is an iconic collection of Katherine Mansfields masterful narratives that include The Man Wi...

This wonderfully original collection proves once again that Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet is the American writer with the funniest, wisest g...

In an isolated region of Idaho, Montana, and eastern Oregon, an armed occupation of a wildlife refuge escalates into civil war. Against this backdr...